Beer School: What is Malt? | The Craft Beer Channel

Beer School: what is malt? | The Craft Beer Channel
We may all rave about hops most of the time, but without malt there would be no beer. This week we head to Muntons, one of the UK's leading maltsters to learn more about the grains that go in our beer. We see out how it's harvested and made - as well as what makes great malt and how it's used.
Huge thanks to Muntons for the tour and Burnt Mill for the beers!
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[@TheCraftBeerChannel]

Hey beer lovers! Sorry for the reupload - we managed to cut off our lovely Pro Patreons so reuploaded to get them back on! Anyone who commented on the old one, comment again if you be arsed!

[@PcGameGold]

Just off for a lunchtime pint of OB. good info vid.

[@chrisf3379]

Please keep doing these videos! A regular video like this would be ideal - ingredients, beer types, adjuncts, traditions, the actual brewing process etc It was fantastic seeing you just up the road from my ends in sunny Suffolk. Burnt Mill deserve the lime light, excellent brewer.

[@TheCraftBeerChannel]

We're working on a project to bring all these kinds of videos to the channel. Hoping to announce it in the coming months!

[@chrisf3379]

@@TheCraftBeerChannel Superb, really like the style of these videos!

[@glenaffricbrewery5325]

Love it! As you said, malt is so often ignored when hops are more sexy and yeast in more recent years has become the cool kid on the block. Great series😊

[@axelabundis2473]

Thanks you, i have been search for all the web about malt but this video is very informative!

[@DudesBrews]

Great video, some useful info for us homebrewers too cheers!

[@ethanlevi1496]

Glad I found this channel. This video has been really helpful in my understanding of malt and how underrated it is. Will definitely be trying different cereals in my brews

[@TheCraftBeerChannel]

Brilliant thanks Ethan! We are ramping up the homebrew content now too so hopefully lots more helpful content coming.

[@OysterBoysBrewingCo]

Can’t believe you managed to get a tour! Great video and content

[@CaskTheology]

Cracking episode gents. There's so much malt in this episode I can taste it!

[@theoldoakbrewhouse7859]

Moooooore films🍻👍😀😀😀😀😀 good job guys, cheers from Norway!

[@richardbradshaw3208]

I love this channel! I’m a home brewer and craft beer fan from Suffolk, so I particularly enjoyed this escapade in my home county. I’ve been round Burnt Mill and their beers take me to a happy place. Great video; really informative and accessible. Keep up the good work fellas!

[@TheCraftBeerChannel]

Cheers Richard! You are very lucky to have Burnt Mill on your doorstep!

[@jonnyrmoore]

Fantastic vid; really informative. I love malt, but don't think I've ever really thought about how it's actually malted. Keep it up

[@TheCraftBeerChannel]

Awesome - exactly what we wanted to hear and show people!

[@vikramjitsingh4538]

beautiful.......thanks for the video.....cheers

[@joshwhitaker5453]

Fantastic informational video. Really well done. As a craft beer fan for 5 years, and an amateur homebrewer for 2, it's always a great experience to learn more about the world of beer and its insurmountable intricacies. Cheers from your neighbor across the pond.

[@TheCraftBeerChannel]

Thanks so much for the kind words Josh!

[@RC-pz5jz]

Brilliant, cheers 🍻

[@FriedrichBarb]

Bloody love these type of ingredient videos, wish you did more

[@TheCraftBeerChannel]

Cheers! We hope to do more as the UK opens up. We need to do a better hops one, a water one and some adjunct based ones too!

[@jmay3200]

Great videos, informative and well produced.

[@TheCraftBeerChannel]

Glad you like them!

[@RaskoAndDiscoBeerReview]

You know what I love about the beer school vids..... The uplifting theme tune at the begining. Love it. Great film. I'd wish you do more beer schools. #Rasko

[@Captain_K787]

Great episode guys, am gonna have to watch this a few time to understand some of the facts. Cheers :-)

[@TheCraftBeerChannel]

You wait for the yeast episode. MICROBE OVERLOAD.

[@Captain_K787]

@@TheCraftBeerChannel ;-))

[@scottybeegood]

BANG ON

[@Gingeftw]

Can’t believe I’ve only just found this channel! Great content

[@TheCraftBeerChannel]

Well thanks for finding us! Hope you find some other great vids in our back catalogue.

[@distlledbrewedreviewed]

I like eating most of them in the brew room.

[@oliverlazell3903]

Great episode - thanks guys! It’s strange how malt has been overlooked to the extent it has. I guess we just take for granted high quality, flavoursome malt and focus on the development of exciting flavours in hops. Have you guys already made an episode about Bamberg? Some incredible malt-forward beers brewed there and some interesting techniques used e.g. Mahrs Bräu Ungespundet to achieve a softer carbonation. Cheers!

[@TheCraftBeerChannel]

We havent made a Bamberg episode but we are in the midst of organising it! We are huge Mahrs and Schlenkerla fans. Malt has so much more variation than drinkers give it credit for so we want to show that much more after our experience at Muntons.

[@indiekiduk]

10:52 haha class!

[@joeya5147]

Im kind of very surprised he didnt know any beer styles dont use pale or pilsner malts. but great show, super informative. well done.

[@ja37d-34]

Nice hat. ;)

[@lastcallproject8927]

The brew master we interviewed credits the balance between malt and hops that won his beer several awards in the US

[@TdawgMosby]

`Well then I´ve drunk a fuckton of that`. Great line!

[@Quest4Tube]

Cool

[@Swans_And_Ducks]

I wish you could buy Pliny over here in the UK....its a cracking beer.

[@mackthrice8665]

I live in Florida, I can’t get it here, good luck.

[@cuppalightroast]

This was as a good or better than anything I’ve ever seen on the learning channel. Marc summers better watch out.

[@TheCraftBeerChannel]

Praise indeed! Thanks so much!

[@vigneshmuralidharan4692]

Great work as usual! Where you guys opening your taproom?

[@TheCraftBeerChannel]

Taproom?! Far too much work, we prefer drinking in them.

[@txkos]

Both guys wear hairnets on top of hair that's shorter than the uncovered beards beneath.

[@TheCraftBeerChannel]

We get it. We look awesome ;)

[@raymondadams3726]

@@TheCraftBeerChannel he has a point

[@MikeMejia90]

Maybe because his facial hair is less likely to fall off. 😂

[@aceman0000099]

And also leave their pubes uncovered which are likely filled with lice

[@denislusha4109]

Alright karen

[@sanchezz4387]

Can you reccomend where to get a good all in one brewing kit?

[@TheCraftBeerChannel]

We use the Grainfather and love it. Great balance between build quality and price, lots of features and a big community for support and help.

[@sanchezz4387]

@@TheCraftBeerChannel Cheers for that I've seen a lot of good reviews for the grainfather 😊😊

[@tyrannosaurus696]

Great vid. I've found it a bit of a struggle to find a UK IPA that's decently malted and balanced, whereas it seems that US breweries place heavy emphasis on establishing a strong malt backbone in their IPAs before hopping the shit out of it. I've had a fair few IPAs here that tasted like hoppy soda water. I find that a little odd as the UK is known for producing the best malts in the world!

[@TheCraftBeerChannel]

I think this is down to choice! Those UK brewers still use that world class UK malt, they just chose those with less intense flavour because they want to focus on hop flavour. American brewers often do the same but they have a richer vein of West Coast style IPA, which is more balanced between malt and hop. Meanwhile NEIPA is all about hop and yeast interplay.

[@EBBsk8Norge]

"Well then I've had a fuckton of that" hahahaha

[@romance145]

im not professional but i want to start brew house as soon as possible so i wants to know how beer is brew and what kinds of equipment is need

[@TheCraftBeerChannel]

Hey. Yes the best thing to do is visit some breweries! Many are very welcoming if you drop them an email and explain.

[@ashleyavenuemusic]

big sur moon? someones a buckethead fan hahaha

[@treykearns4867]

9:40 did I just hear Seth Rogen laughing

[@imadekamasastra3039]

bali ?

[@bluescoobysnack9791]

Hairnets are useless if you don’t also have a beard net lol

[@thostaylor]

Drinking beer from cans? Shocked I am. Shocked.

[@neetorstar450]

😂😂😂

[@paulhunter445]

Where's the beard nets .

[@TheCraftBeerChannel]

We didnt wanna look STUPID.

[@EJnVA]

My thought exactly! Just couldn't get past this. Had to stop the video to engage in the comment XD!

[@drebourbon7616]

Why not a beard net, I mean that's where most of his hairs are 😅.

[@seidmu5930]

Thank you. great this beer school of video i love you so but not clearly raw material of beer malt,hops, yeast ajunct and others you have conitnous next video clearly

[@MrResns]

whats the point of covering hair when your beard is exposed?

[@TheCraftBeerChannel]

....Imma have to leave that question to the people that PUT THAT THING ON ME.

[@josieg.]

Cover the whole face rather.

[@sashagertzina5558]

Yes . Very interesting question

[@lacihalasz]

You can make a good bread of barley, just saying .

[@TheCraftBeerChannel]

Not as easily as with wheat though!

[@babatundeolaqadeer669]

please i need a job in your company

[@TheCraftBeerChannel]

Haha - we can barely pay ourselves! But we do live the dream.

[@1124golfnut]

Hello there can you give me Fabian Clark’s email address I’m working on a research project and would like to ask some questions about how the malting process!

[@TheCraftBeerChannel]

Afraid I cant for data protection reasons but email muntons direct and I am sure they will put you in touch.

[@MrShnazer]

Wears a hairnet, but has more growth on his face.

[@TheCraftBeerChannel]

Yeah but if I had a beer net on I'd just look stupid.

[@alexanderarnold4810]

"Blacks" evidently "own malt" andor have agreements to "telepathically "sense" malt".

[@josigomez9305]

please sub spanish please .

[@jhonathanmasih6299]

You need helper?

[@pilsener13]

why do you have to use a net in your head and that Muntons employee is allowed to have a full beard???????????

[@TheCraftBeerChannel]

...we dont wanna look stoopid.

[@viewnoah]

poorly made , unclear pronunciation for whats going on part. difficult for non native listeners, please improve thanks.

[@TheCraftBeerChannel]

Thanks for stopping by with your positivity!

[@mackthrice8665]

Exactly, my ear can’t grasp the accent either.

[@meganjones7505]

Please make sure to have a different accent next time guys 😋😉

[@biragaba]

Cool